Matt Price wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user:
> i'm about to take off on a long road trip through the us and am > planning the technological elements. I'm looking for advice on > purchasing a gps unit. If possible, i'd love to get something that > ran Free software, or was at least intercompatible with my debian & > ubuntu based machines. we will probably have a laptop hooked up for > watching video/playing music, and could either run a gps card off of > that laptop or have a standalone unit, whichever seems to be a better > idea. the set up has to be usable not just by me but by my nongeek > family members. has anyone done this/have a suggestion? AFAICT, almost all, if not all, USB-based GPS devices use the industry standard NMEA spec. This means your GPS will actually appear as a serial port. Treat it like a read-only serial modem and you'll be off to a good start. 4800 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
